Showing 8 results for Early Childhood Education titles

Child Development: A Primer 1e

by Ingrid Crowther

Designed as a quick reference tool, Child Development A Primer provides an overview of the growth and development of children from birth through age twelve. Crafted by well known educator Ingrid Crowther, this text is organized by category and uses brief paragraphs and bulleted lists to make information easy to find. Whether you use this book as a child…

Creating Effective Learning Environments, 4th Edition

by Ingrid Crowther

Previously published by Nelson. By creating a strong balance between theoretical concepts and applied practice, Creating Effective Learning Environments takes early childhood curriculum development to the next level. This text helps readers see the curriculum from a child's perspective and understand how that perspective is linked to learning and theory.…

Empowering Children: Play-Based Curriculum for Lifelong Learning, 5th Edition

by Dale Shipley

Previously published by Nelson. This Canadian text covers developmentally appropriate curriculum in all developmental domains – physical, cognitive, affective – for children from ages two to six years. Designed to help students and practitioners formulate an approach to developmental curriculum planning and implementation, this text uses play-based…

Introduction to Early Childhood Education 1e

by Ingrid Crowther

Introduction to Early Childhood Education: A Canadian Perspective introduces students new to ECE to the field. The learner is introduced to children, their families, childcare settings and Canadian philosophical approaches through the use of photographs and real-world scenarios. Great care has been taken to accurately represent the diversity of Canadian…

Observing Young Children: Transformative Inquiry, Pedagogical Documentation, and Reflection, 6th Edition

by Kristine Fenning et al.

The sixth edition of Observing Young Children continues to focus on promoting and encouraging pedagogically sound observation and documentation practices in early childhood settings as a collaborative, meaningful, and reflective learning experience and process. This product encourages students to take time to reflect and inquire through a variety of…

Behavior Analysis and Learning, 6th Edition

by W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney

Taylor and Francis: Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, covering a full range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into…

Curriculum across the Early Childhood and Primary Years

by Kristan Nicole Pearce, Ph.D.

This text takes a deep dive into curriculum across the early childhood and primary grades. The first three chapters provide an overview of curriculum through the art and science of teaching, a historical perspective of curriculum, and different approaches to curriculum design. Chapters four through six examine evidence-based practices such as teaching…

Learning to Teach in the Primary School

by Teresa Cremin et al.

Taylor and Francis: How do you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need to be able to do? What do you need to know? Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for…